Handley Page Hampden Mk.I X3154 / ZN-A of No.106 Sqn RAF crashed on Rushup Edge near Chapel-en-le-Frith 21st December 1940
Michael Hubbard | Pilot Officer | Pilot | Killed |
Kenneth Walsingham Boyd Perkins | Sergeant | Navigator | Killed |
David William Smith | Sergeant | Wireless Operator/ Air gunner | Killed |
Derrick Joseph Davey | Sergeant | Air gunner | Killed |
The crew of the aircraft were on a night cross country navigation exercise from RAF Finningley near Doncaster when the aircraft flew into the southern side of Rushup Edge above the Chapel to Castleton road at 20:45. The aircraft was destroyed by the impact and subsequent fire.


Sergeant David Smith is commemorated on the screen wall in the war graves section at Manchester Southern Cemetery.
